Recently social media was abuzz over Presti trying to deal the Thunder 21st pick and an asset. But the presumptive thinking is the reason behind this is so OKC can dump salary from their burgeoning salary situation.
The devil’s advocate position on this assumption is if Presti is looking to offload salary he still has to stay committed to winning. Otherwise, he risks not delivering what he sold both Russell Westbrook and Paul George on which was to compete for a title in this window of their current contracts.
That said, De’Andre Hunter is well out of Sam Presti’s range and not a prospect one could envision him trading a top asset already partially developed to swap in .